The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 2008:
Tsongas raps Patrick veto of state aid for Haverhill
Aug 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Niki Tsongas criticized Governor DevalPatrick yesterday for vetoing $1.2 million in state aid to the cityof Haverhill to pay off debts related to a hospital sale - butTsongas added that there was little chance the city would getfederal help. Haverhill ...
`Swing Vote': An election for dummies
Aug 01, 2008; ... Movie Review Swing Vote *1/2 Directed by: Joshua Michael Stern Written by: Stern and Jason Richman Starring: Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, DennisHopper, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, and Nathan Lane At: Boston Common, Fenway, ...
Expand your musical horizons
Aug 01, 2008; ... THE NIGHT IS YOUNG This is going to be a killer week for live music in and aroundBoston, with 18-plus shows running the gamut from punk rock topsychedelic folk. Tomorrow night, the well-known Boston punk outfit The Conversionswill be laying down their spastic, hardcore jams ...
`Dawn' is breaking for vampire series
Aug 01, 2008; ... A few days ago, Laura Howard, 29, scrolled through her computerto make plans for dinner tonight. The Worcester resident wasn'tidentifying restaurant options; instead, she was combing throughTwilightLexicon.com for Massachusetts fans of the Stephenie Meyerseries of vampire novels. Howard, ...
VOX OP
Aug 01, 2008 ... OLMERT'S RESIGNATION Israeli Prime Minister Ehud "Olmert, two years after assumingoffice and promising to make Israel a more `fun' place to live,leaves us a nation in shame. He went to war in Lebanon to restoreour military deterrence and destroy Hezbollah's military ...
Friend says he warned victim of the danger Suspect in Lynn killing won't fight his rendition from N.Y.
Aug 01, 2008; ... LYNN - Just a few days before an act of friendship cost her herlife, Greenland Etienne was warned she should no longer provide safeharbor to Louna Eveillard. "I had a bad feeling about this," said Midlher, Etienne's friendand a shop owner who asked to be identified by only his ...
Holding firm in backdraft
Aug 01, 2008; ... Roderick Fraser is not going to fire Albert Arroyo today. Mondaycould be a different story. "If he doesn't come in, he'll be fired," Fraser said calmlyyesterday in his office at Fire Department headquarters. "But Ithink he'll be sitting downstairs Monday morning." By now, ...
`Water Lilies' skims the surface of teen sex
Aug 01, 2008; ... Movie Review Water Lilies **1/2 Written and directed by: Celine Sciamma Starring: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, and Adele Haenel At: Kendall Square Running time: 85 minutes In French, with subtitles Unrated (language, nudity, and ...
July weighs in as washout ; Stormy weather brings destruction to region, with more mess on tap
Aug 01, 2008; ... July has secured its place as one of the soggiest and stormieston record, with double the average rainfall and thunderstorms inGreater Boston for the month, according to the National WeatherService. The frequent storm bursts have brought havoc and destruction toparts of New ...
Facing foreclosure, Wonderland seeks payment plan
Aug 01, 2008; ... REVERE - Wonderland Greyhound Park's owners expressed regretyesterday over a two-year $789,293 tax delinquency that triggeredforeclosure proceedings, and said they hope to come to terms withRevere city officials on a payment plan. "We take full responsibility and have taken ...
Wickedly poking fun at slasher genre
Aug 01, 2008; ... Movies / Review Baghead *** Written and directed by: Jay and Mark Duplass Starring: Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig, EliseMuller At: Kendall Square, Waltham Embassy Running time: 84 minutes Rated: R (language, some sexual ...
A rhythmic, rocking Cradle of Liberty no more ; City corrals street artists at Faneuil Hall
Aug 01, 2008; ... Mayor Thomas M. Menino, upset by the drumming and chanting ofstreet performers outside his office windows at City Hall, recentlyasked his staff to do something about the din. This week, citysecurity officers descended on the plaza around nearby Faneuil Halland imposed new restrictions on ...
Bay watch: Spotlight on newcomer
Aug 01, 2008; ... Head downstairs to the basement of Jason Bay's parents' house inTrail, British Columbia, a place not exactly abutting New England,and a harbinger of yesterday's trade awaits. There one findsvestiges of Bay's father's obsession, posters of Jim Rice and CarlYastrzemski, odes to two of the ...
Biogen: 2 patients get brain disease ; Cases are first since Tysabri reintroduced
Aug 01, 2008; ... Biogen Idec Inc. said two more patients taking its promisingmultiple sclerosis drug, Tysabri, appear to have contracted a rareand potentially fatal brain disease, the first cases since theCambridge biotech company reintroduced the treatment two years ago. Biogen Idec originally ...
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE REGION State's economic growth slows to 1.6% in quarter The Massachusetts economy slowed in the second quarter and laggedthe national growth rate for the first time since last year's thirdquarter, the University of Massachusetts reported. The state'seconomy expanded at a ...
The biotech bright spot
Aug 01, 2008; ... Boston Capital No one will remember this as Wall Street's summer of love. Broad market indexes were hammered in June and drifted slightlylower still in July, a trading month that mercifully concludedyesterday. Over those two months, the Standard & Poor's 500 indexlost 9.5 ...
Suspect's brother insists the accused `is not crazy'
Aug 01, 2008; ... BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Rodlyn Petitbois and Louna Eveillard were ahappy couple who moved to Massachusetts for a better life,Petitbois's brother said yesterday. Makenzy Petitbois, 23, of Brooklyn said he had last spoken to hisbrother a month ago by phone. "Just brother to brother," ...
Caritas ; Christi quits lobby association Hospital chain says it can't justify $700,000 expense
Aug 01, 2008; ... Caritas Christi Health Care System, New England's second-largesthospital chain, yesterday resigned its membership in theMassachusetts Hospital Association, the state's powerful lobby foracute-care hospitals. The resignation was made in a short letter from Dr. Ralph de laTorre, ...
For Midsummer, Bizet reimagined ; A condensed `Carmen' reflects group's mission
Aug 01, 2008; ... Opera Review The Tragedy of Carmen Boston Midsummer Opera At: Tsai Performance Center, Wednesday night (repeats today andSunday) Boston still sorely lacks the large opera company and theversatile opera house it deserves, and yet the city is teeming withsmall ...
Political satirists play both sides of the aisle
Aug 01, 2008; ... Comedy Notes Political satirist Will Durst likes to refer to himself as araging moderate. Musical comic Roy Zimmerman is suspicious of anyonewho takes the label "equal-opportunity satirist," which would seemto put him at odds with Durst. But they have a lot more in commonthan ...
For the record
Aug 01, 2008 ... - Correction: Because of an editing error, the price of the Aug.3 Gerry Barrett Big Swing Band concert at the Maudslay Arts Centerin Newburyport was incorrect in yesterday's Sidekick listings.General admission is $10. - Correction: Because of an editing error, an Associated ...
GOING, GOING, GONE Relief, regrets as Sox send Ramirez packing
Aug 01, 2008; ... RED SOX TRADE RAMIREZ We're going to miss the majestic homers, the pajama pants, thegoofy antics in left field, and the bathroom breaks and cellphonecalls from inside the Wall. But we won't miss the fabricated injuries, lame excuses, andoccasional no-shows. We won't miss ...
From home improvement to rocking the house
Aug 01, 2008; ... Tommy DeCarlo has traded in his orange Home Depot apron for theflashy duds of a rock star. Sunday night the former credit managerfor a North Carolina outlet of the home-improvement chain will takethe stage at the Comcast Center for his first local appearance asthe official co-lead ...
Governor's councilor apologizes; felony assault charges dismissed ; No admission to hitting clerk
Aug 01, 2008; ... Felony assault charges against Governor's Councilor MarilynPetitto Devaney were dismissed yesterday just as a trial was tobegin on allegations that she threw a shopping bag at a store clerklast year. Under the terms of the deal announced in Newton District Court,Devaney agreed to ...
A watchdog for big tobacco
Aug 01, 2008 ... EVERY STEP that government, on any level, can take to makesmoking less common and dangerous is a public-health gift that keepson giving. That is why members of the US House of Representativesdeserve applause for their 326-102 vote in favor of giving the Foodand Drug Administration the ...
Illegal, but inhumane
Aug 01, 2008 ... JUANA VILLEGAS is a Mexican immigrant who broke federal law. AsThe New York Times recently reported, she was deported in 1996, butshe returned illegally to the United States. What is more troubling,however, is what happened to her in custody of law enforcement thismonth. Overzealous use ...
Take a sounding at the pond
Aug 01, 2008 ... FRANKLIN PARK may be the jewel in the Emerald Necklace - the1,100-acre linear park system that runs from the Charles River toDorchester. But Jamaica Pond is a liquid gem. A sub rosa society of urban adventurers and skinny-dippers swimin the Jamaica Plain kettle pond - mostly in the ...
Playing Monadnock's variations
Aug 01, 2008; ... Classical Notes Last season, after 41 years at the helm of the Monadnock MusicFestival, founder James Bolle stepped down as its music director.During those years he made the New Hampshire festival into agratifyingly unpredictable event. Orchestral and chamber works,opera, early ...
CRITICS' PICKS
Aug 01, 2008 ... Tonight, Yellow Barn Music Festival starts winding down itsseason in Putney, Vt. ... and violinist Joshua Bell is the soloistwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Peter Oundjian atTanglewood. ... Tomorrow, Sir Andrew Davis leads the TanglewoodMusic Center Orchestra in a concert ...
Clinton reportedly choice as keynote speaker ; Running mate chances may be diminishing
Aug 01, 2008; ... CAMPAIGN 2008 Some of Hillary Clinton's most loyal supporters yesterdaydisbanded their effort to push Barack Obama to pick her as hisrunning mate, responding to reports that she has been chosen to givethe keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton's ...
Investor to restructure home loans ; Mortgage buyer will help some Fremont clients
Aug 01, 2008; ... Up to 200 homeowners with mortgages from Fremont Investment &Loan will be able to restructure their loans to lower their paymentsor get money to relocate. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said the Fremontborrowers would get relief as part of an agreement the state ...
The folly of `fixing' energy price hikes
Aug 01, 2008; ... HIGH ENERGY prices can bring out the best in people and firms,but they often seem to bring out the worst in politicians. Whetheror not greed is good, there is plenty to be said for a littlethriftiness. High prices, painful as they may be, do more toencourage energy conservation than ...
Drugs mimic exercise benefits in mice ; Affect gene for muscles, metabolism
Aug 01, 2008; ... In a discovery that reads like a couch potato's fantasy,California researchers report that they have pinpointed two drugsthat mimic many of the beneficial effects of exercise. The compoundsincrease fat-burning ability and dramatically boost endurance -tantalizing possibilities for ...
Extreme returns with familiar look, fun-loving sound
Aug 01, 2008; ... Music Review Extreme With King's X and Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp At: Bank of America Pavilion, last night Extreme launched its first tour in more than a decade by hittinghome turf and playing to an enthusiastic following last night at theBank of America ...
The new equality - in unemployment
Aug 01, 2008; ... LET ME BEGIN by raising a glass of champagne to the officialclosing of the math gap. It turns out that girls do not lack themath gene. Nor are they math-phobic. Nor is there any "intrinsic"difference - thank you, Larry Summers - between the abilities ofgirls and boys to succeed in the ...
Critic's corner
Aug 01, 2008; ... Dr. Who 8:30 p.m., SciFi It's the season finale, Dr. Who is out of pocket, and theuniverse is about to end. Oh, and someone might die. Stop me ifyou've heard this one before. Swingtown 10 p.m. Channel 4 The kids crash their parents' after-party. Those crazy ...
Seaside accident victim is mourned ; Died in culvert at World's End
Aug 01, 2008; ... HINGHAM - They laid flowers and floated candles in the waters ina memorial ceremony that had to be at World's End Reservation, theonly true way to memorialize Leon Granahan. He was born and raised in the neighborhood, a scenic overlook ofHingham Harbor where he caught frogs as a ...
STRINGS ATTACHED ; At the ICA, a multiplicity of meanings are tethered to South African Nicholas Hlobo's work. But to what effect?
Aug 01, 2008; ... Art Review Momentum 11: Nicholas Hlobo At: Institute of Contemporary Art, through Oct. 26. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.org "I love the conversation of experts," said Edgar Degas. "Oneunderstands absolutely nothing, and it's charming!" I felt somethingsimilar when ...
This fall at the ICA: New music and the world's fastest dancer
Aug 01, 2008; ... The Institute of Contemporary Art continues to push boundaries inits fall lineup of performances, and this year a lot of theseboundaries are musical. "The artistic goal of our performing arts program is to presentto Boston the full range of what artists are doing ...
Traffic stop leads to immigrant's rights suit against trooper
Aug 01, 2008; ... Helder T. Assumpcao says he was driving his van with threefriends on a summer afternoon in 2005 when a state trooper pulledover the Brazilian-born carpenter and unleashed a torrent ofprofanity-laced, anti-immigrant abuse. Assumpcao, a legal permanent resident of the United States, ...
Insurer John Hancock to cut 2 subsidiaries
Aug 01, 2008; ... Boston insurance giant John Hancock yesterday said it plans toeliminate two of its subsidiaries as part of the finaladministrative steps resulting from the company's $13 billionacquisition by Manulife Financial Corp. of Toronto in 2004. James D. Gallagher, a Hancock senior vice ...
Legislature tightens rules on gift-giving ; Big issues remain as clock nears midnight on session
Aug 01, 2008; ... House and Senate lawmakers reached a last-minute compromise lastnight on a sweeping proposal to curb soaring healthcare costs,including a contentious provision to clamp down on drug companies'gifts and meals to physicians. Although the legislation does not include an outright ban ...
Legislature tightens rules on gift-giving ; Big issues remain as clock ticks toward end of session
Aug 01, 2008; ... House and Senate lawmakers reached a last-minute compromise lastnight on a sweeping proposal to curb soaring healthcare costs,including a contentious provision to clamp down on drug companies'gifts and meals to physicians. Although the legislation does not include an outright ban ...
HOUSE SPEAKER UNDER SCRUTINY
Aug 01, 2008 ... Game of politics fails smell test EVEN ONE who has lost his or her sense of smell cannot help butturn away at the putrid waft of quid pro quo politics coming fromSpeaker Salvatore DiMasi's office ("More deals for DiMasi'sfriends," Page A1, July 30). A legion of stiff-collared ...
LETTERS
Aug 01, 2008 ... City of Boston fails in trustee role "STANDING IN the midst of smooth lawns a short distance from thestreet, a perfect beau-ideal of a gentleman's home. Trees andshrubbery artistically trimmed and clipped, partially conceal amansion from view from the street but there are ...
SPORTS LOG
Aug 01, 2008 ... Baseball Cabrera, NY's Ramirez suspended Baltimore's Daniel Cabrera and New York's Edwar Ramirez weresuspended and fined by Major League Baseball yesterday forintentionally throwing at batters during a series between the teamsthis week. Cabrera was suspended six games and ...
SPORTS LOG
Aug 01, 2008 ... Baseball Cabrera, NY's Ramirez suspended Baltimore's Daniel Cabrera and the Yankees' Edwar Ramirez weresuspended and fined by Major League Baseball yesterday forintentionally throwing at batters during a series between the teamsthis week. Cabrera was suspended for six games ...
Day's news leaves investors little to smile about
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS Economic growth trailed forecasts. Jobless claims hit a five-year high. Exxon Mobil profit missed estimates. The data `put themarket on notice that the economy is ...
Same-sex couples applaud repeal ; Mass. opens door for out-of-state gays to marry
Aug 01, 2008; ... Darin Johnson and Greg Keffer have made all the arrangements fortheir wedding this month in Provincetown: a clambake and bonfire,dinner at a country inn, live band, and a cruise on a schooner for50 friends and relatives. Now the couple from New York City can add something else to ...
As broadband growth slows, Akamai suffers
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS / MASS. MOVERS The market humbled Akamai Technologies Inc. yesterday. Thelargest supplier of software and services to speed up the deliveryof Web pages had its biggest fall ever after it cut its 2008 profitforecast to $1.63 to $1.69 a share for the year, down from ...
Most fans ready for Manny being an ex-Sox ; While grateful for 8 exciting years, many are relieved at exit for eccentric slugger
Aug 01, 2008; ... For years, Manny Ramirez delighted the Fenway faithful. Red Soxfans marveled at the slugger's towering home runs and reveled in hisringing line drives. When he stepped to the plate, they chanted"Manny! Manny!" with giddy anticipation, knowing one swing couldsend the park into ...
A dark `Dolores' from Brazil
Aug 01, 2008; ... Dance Review Mimulus Dance Company At: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Wednesday (repeats throughSunday). 413-243-0745, www.jacobspillow.org BECKET - A caress becomes a slap. An embrace tightens into achokehold. Sensuous coupling slides into angry tussling ....
CRASH KILLS 8
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Zink is knuckling down now
Aug 01, 2008; ... MINOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK PAWTUCKET, R.I. - The theory, including from Charlie Zinkhimself, is that no major league team would consider having twoknuckleball pitchers in the same rotation. "I've heard that a number of times," said Red Sox director ofplayer development Mike Hazen ....
State website to help with loans
Aug 01, 2008 ... Massachusetts is launching a website to help students looking foreducation loans. The action follows the announcement this week by a state lendingauthority that it won't be able to offer the bulk of its loans thisyear. The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority ...
State charges Merrill with investor fraud ; Firm told analysts to downplay debt risks, Galvin says
Aug 01, 2008; ... Massachusetts regulators yesterday charged Merrill Lynch & Co.with fraud and unethical conduct in the sales of auction-ratesecurities, alleging that the Wall Street firm pressured researchanalysts to publish misleading reports on the investments and failedto warn customers about the ...
Third time around,`Mummy' unravels
Aug 01, 2008; ... Movies / Review The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor *1/2 Directed by: Rob Cohen Written by: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, Michelle Yeoh,Luke Ford At: Boston Common, Fenway, suburbs Running ...
NAMES
Aug 01, 2008; ... Affleck joins convention Ben Affleck probably isn't Barack Obama's first pick for veep,but he will speak at the Democratic National Convention with formerSecretary of State Madeleine Albright. Word from the Denver Post isthe two will discuss international relations. Their talk will ...
Slow ad sales challenge Disney's magic
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS / MARKET MOVERS The day may have seemed a bit goofy for Walt Disney Co.investors. The shares fell even after Disney had a 9 percent gain,to $1.28 billion, in third-quarter profit, beating estimates ....
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Aug 01, 2008 ... BOSTON Mosquitoes with West Nile found in city For the first time this summer, mosquitoes infected with WestNile virus have been discovered in Boston, public health authoritiessaid yesterday. The disease-carrying insects were found in WestRoxbury; last week, a red-tailed hawk ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Aug 01, 2008 ... BOSTON Mosquitoes with West Nile found in city For the first time this summer, mosquitoes infected with WestNile virus have been discovered in Boston, public health authoritiessaid yesterday. The disease-carrying insects were found in WestRoxbury; last week, a red-tailed hawk ...
IRON MOUNTAIN INC.
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS Good news outweighed the bad at the Boston-based provider ofsecure data storage: Second-quarter profit fell 8 percent as costincreases erased a 15 percent gain in revenue, but that didn'tdiscourage Wall Street. Investors bid the stock up after ...
BARE ESCENTUALS INC.
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS The maker of mineral-based cosmetics lost some of its allureafter it said 2008 sales growth may slow. Revenue will rise 15 to 20percent; the San Francisco ...
CABLEVISION SYSTEMS
Aug 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS The cable company rose the most in three years after CEO JamesDolan said he may consider a dividend or a stock buyback, followingbetter-than-expected ...
McCain gaining in polls in swing states
Aug 01, 2008 ... CAMPAIGN 2008 / CAMPAIGN 2008 New polls released yesterday by Quinnipiac University of likelyvoters in key swing states shows Republican John McCain closing inon Democrat Barack Obama. A university survey in Florida shows Obama leading 46 percent to44 percent, compared with ...